more-inIn the early 1990s, Tamil Nadu pioneered the concept of All Women Police Station (AWPS) and established the first such station in Thousand Lights in Chennai. However, over 25 years later, the Director General of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), Meeran C. Borwankar, feels the concept of having an exclusive police station managed entirely by women is “outdated” and has “outlived its utility”. Dr. Borwankar said training on basic counselling skills of women police could also help as women in distress needed emotional support initially. At a meeting in New Delhi recently, women police officers from across the country voted for women in all police stations in place of AWPSs. With over 200 police stations exclusively for women, the State accounts for 40%t of the total AWPSs in the country.

Source: The Hindu August 27, 2017 19:18 UTC